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A. GUAY.

GRAIN CARV APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, I919.

Patented Dec. 16, 1919.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADELARID GUAY, 0F MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO OVILA LETOUBNEAU AND ONE-THIRD T0 PAGIFIQUE BELAIR, BOTH OF MONTREAL,

CANADA.

GRAIN-CAR.

Original application filed March 12, 1919, Serial No. 282,111.

Specification of Letters me.

' 1919. Divided and this application filed May 20, 1919. Serial No. 298,448.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADliLnRD GUAY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Cars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

The present invention relates to grain cars and forms a division of my application Serial No. 282,111, filed March 12th, 1919, now Patent No. 1,316,713, issued Sept. 23, 1919.

The principal object of the invention is to provide improved means for filling grain cars.

lVith the above and other objects in view which will hereinafter appear as the description continues, the invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and formation of parts as will be here inafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been shown a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details herein exhibited, but the right is hereby reserved to any changes, alterations or modifications to which recourse may be had that come within the scope of the claims without departing.

from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing the efliciency of the same- In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a car embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a filling housing arranged on the top of a grain car; and

Fig. 8 is a vertical section of said housing shown partially in elevation.

The preferred. form of the invention illustrated in the drawings comprises a box car of any suitable or desired construction at the top of which is attached a housing 2. This housing 2 is arranged centrally on the top of the car at one side thereof and is divided by vertical partitions 3 into. three vertical compartments 4, 5 and 6, as best illustrated inFig. 3. Spouts or chutes 7, 8 and 9 lead from the bottom of the compartments 4, .5 and 6 respectively, and the spouts 7 and 9 serve to direct grain into the forward or rear portlons of the car as desired and the spout 8 serves as a vent to permit 7 the escape of air from the car as it fills, or

to evenly distribute any small quantities of grain passing into the compartment 5.

This housing has hingedly connected thereto an upwardly swinging door 10 and when the car is to be filled with grain, this door is opened and the elevator chutes are connected to compartments 4-. and 6 and the grain will pass through said spouts and into the car at the ends.

It is obvious that by this improved con struction the car maybe uniformly and rapidly filled, as the grain spouts 7 and 9 are directed toward the oppositeends of the car.

WVhile I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying out my invention this is capable of variations and modifications without departing from the spirit of the invention. I therefore do not wish to be limited to the precise form and arrangement of parts disclosed, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a car having an opening in its roof,,of a housing surrounding said opening, an upwardly swinging cover for said housing, vertical partitions in said housing for dividing the same into three compartments, spouts leading from the end compartments into the opposite ends of the car and a chute leading from the central compartment into the upper portion of the car.

2. The combination with a car having an openin in its roof, of a housing surrounding sai opening and provided with an up- 7 wardly swinging cover, vertical partitions 100 in said housing for dividing the same into three compartments, spouts connected to said housing and leading from the end compartments into the opposite ends of the car and an air escape chute leading from the central compartment into the upper portion of the car.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ADELARD GUAY. 

